Receptacle



May 14, 1935. T, ABEL; 2,001,445

REGEPTACLE Filed Jan. 24, 1934 Patented May 14, 1935 UNHTED STATES ATET mt 2,001,445 BECEPTACLE nois Application January 24, 1934, Serial No. 708,070

1 Claim. (01. 22036) This invention pertains to receptacles. More particularly said invention has to do with means for operating the hinged lids or covers of receptacles.

An object of the invention is to provide simple but efficient mechanism for attachment to a receptacle by which the lid or cover may be raised by foot operation as applied, for example, to that type of receptacle known as a garbage can.

Another object is to provide means for operating the lid or cover of a receptacle that will be almost if not entirely housed within such receptacle and thereby provide a better and cleaner appearance especially where used within a dwelling, being especially of advantage also in that by being thus housed the mechanism is not exposed and likely to be damaged when in use out of doors.

Still another object lies in providing a form of lid or cover operating means that will have complete control of said lid or cover as to the opening movement and yet permit the cover to be raised by hand and propped open independently of such operating means.

Besides these objects the invention extends to certain novel structures in the named means as will appear herein.

The appended drawing is provided in order toive an understanding of the invention, and wherein: Figure 1 is a vertical section of a receptacle showing a form of theinvention. Figure 2 is a plan of a portion of the receptacle with op erating means. Figure 3 shows a hook-member in perspective. sections of part of a receptacle and its lid or cover showing various positions of portions of control means. Figure 7 shows in perspective a portion of an operating member illustrated in the other figures. g

In said drawing, a receptacle I is denoted within which is disposed a container 2, the whole being protected by a lid or cover 3 hinged to such receptacle at 3. Affixed to and beneath the cover is a member in the form of a strip of metal 4 having a hook 5 extending downwardly and.rearwardly toward the wall to which the said cover is hinged. Lying in a vertical position within the receptacle beneath the said strip 4 is a push-rod 6 slidable in a guide 7 and having a laterally extended portion 8 directed away from the receptacle wall and in position at certain times to engage the said hook 5 as may be gained by a study of Figure 6 wherein, however, as an alternative form, said portion 8 is lacking.

Pivoted near the bottom of the receptacle beneath the container 2 is a lever 9 by extending through a cross-member 9 secured to opposite walls, for example, of said receptacle. At one Figures 4, 5 and 6 are vertical.

end the lever is loosely connected to the: lower end of the rod 6 while its other end extends througha slot i in the receptacle-wall.

It is noted that all of the operating mechanism is contained within the receptacle so that the device presents a smooth and clean appearance outwardly. The arrangement shown provides for raising the cover by foot pressure but also admits of lifting the cover by hand independently of the described mechanism. That is to say, in the closed position of the cover the normal position of the hook 5 and the extremity 8 of the rod 6 are as shown in Figures 1 and l,

there being no engagement or contact of one with the other, and therefore the cover may be -lifted clear of the said extremity 8 and may be propped open by engagement with the outer surface of thereceptacle-wall as denoted in broken lines in Figure 6. However, when lifting the Cover by the -means illustrated'pressure of the foot on the lever 9 lifts the rod 6 into engagement with the strip l, Figure 6, the continued I broken line position, and it matters not how suddenly the foot lever may be operated' since the engaging parts must always reach the engaging position.

Although the strip 4 is described and shown as a separate portion it is to be understood that the cover itself may carry the hook 5 to answer in the same way ancl in any event the under surface that receives sliding contact of the rodt may be provided with a longitudinally extending rib 5 for the purpose of reducing friction.

I claim:

The combination with a receptacle having, a hinged cover, of a member extending from the said cover adjacent the hinge thereof and hav' ing a free extremity directed away from said hinge toward the opposite edge of the cover and recurved forming a hook whose terminus is directed back toward the wall to which thecover l is hinged, in any position of said cover, the recurved terminus lying" in spaced-relation to the last named wall and directed in a line lying'at 7,

right angles to said wall directly below the hinge in the closed position of the cover, and a rod shiftable substantially parallel to the said wall adapted to pass betweenthe latter and the said terminus and to enter the bight of said hook in the wide open position'of the cover, the hook enclosing the end of the rod in the named position.

THEODORE J. ABELE. 

